VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV is facing his first major crisis with traditionalist Catholics: A breakaway group attached to the traditional Latin Mass announced plans to consecrate new bishops without papal consent in a threatened revival of schism. The Swiss-based Society of St. Pius X,...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV told the Vatican’s doctrine office on Thursday to uphold truth, justice and charity when deciding clergy sex abuse cases, confirming a calibrated approach to dealing with a scandal that has tarnished the Catholic Church’s credibility worldwide. History...
DAVAO CITY – The Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) reaffirmed its partnership in advancing inclusive and sustainable development in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) as it celebrated its seventh founding anniversary on Wednesday. “MinDA is honored to join this...
DAVAO CITY – The Yanson Group of Bus Companies held its annual stockholders’ meetings over the weekend and shareholders for Mindanao Star Bus Transit Inc. reelected Leo Rey Yanson as chairperson and president. Shareholders also reelected Mindanao Star Bus Transit Directors Olivia Yanson,...
ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV sought Thursday to console the families of Italian teenagers who were killed or injured in the New Year 's fire in a Swiss ski resort bar, acknowledging their anguish and urging them to try to find hope in “the darkest and most painful moments” of their lives....
ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV opened 2026 on Thursday with a plea for peace, singling out in particular countries “bloodied by conflict” and families wounded by violence. Leo celebrated a New Year’s Day Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica and then delivered a special noontime prayer from his studio...
ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV closed out 2025 on Wednesday with a prayer that the city of Rome might be a welcoming place for foreigners and fragile people, young and old. Leo presided over a New Year’s Eve vespers service in St. Peter’s Basilica, giving thanks for the 2025 Holy Year that brought...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV during his first Christmas Day message on Thursday urged the faithful to shed indifference in the face of those who have lost everything, such as in Gaza, those who are impoverished, such as in Yemen, and the many migrants who cross the Mediterranean Sea and the...
DAVAO CITY – Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) Chairman Secretary Leo Magno has debunked sweeping claims labeling Mindanao anew as terrorism hotspot amid reports that the father-and-son duo behind the Bondi Beach shooting rampage in Sydney, Australia briefly stayed here last November. Magno...
VATICAN CITY— Pope Leo XIV insisted Thursday that peace was not only possible but necessary, as he blasted the “irrationality” of nuclear deterrence and the weaponization of faith in modern political discourse. Leo made the comments in his first peace message, an annual exhortation that the...
ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV criticized prison overcrowding and insufficient inmate rehabilitation programs on Sunday as he celebrated a special Mass for detainees, guards and their families in the final event of the Vatican 's 2025 Holy Year. The Vatican said an estimated 6,000 people signed...
ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV insisted Tuesday that Europe must have a role in any Ukraine peace deal and criticized what he said was the Trump administration’s effort to “break apart” the long-standing U.S.-European alliance. Leo spoke to reporters after meeting with Ukrainian President...
